Hack the Hosts file to block websites

If you work in a kiosk mode PC say a computer cafe or in a school setting, there are restrictions that you want to enforce when it comes to sites that users can browse. This is specially important when you have a family workstation which little kids can use. Filtering is an option but programs [...]

Teracopy – forget about the default windows copy handler

From the developer’s website, it says: TeraCopy is a compact program designed to copy and move files at the maximum possible speed, providing the user a lot of features:
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Copy files faster. TeraCopy uses dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek times. Asynchronous copy speeds up file transfer between two physical hard drives.
Pause and resume file transfers. [...]

Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom cheats for PC

For archiving purposes, I have here posted the usual Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom cheats for PC. During game play press Ctrl + Alt + C to bring up the cheat console and type these codes:
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Random Text Cheat Codes

Cheat
Effect

Uncle Sam
Tax collectors change to become Uncle Sam

SpawnMugger
A mugger is spawned in [...]

Remove Viruses that use Autorun

Pen drives or USB drives is now the trend of tech storage in the world today. The portability, ease of use and geekiness (if I may say) makes it a must-have for all tech fans out there. Personally, it’s my first choice for tech support because I can either install any portable OS and programs [...]

PLDT myDSL bureaucracy sucks big time

Yeah, you heard it right. I used to like PLDT (Philippine Long Distance Telephone company) when it comes to basic telephone services. But with PLDT myDSL (their overly hyped DSL service), wow – it’s a shame if I even call it a service.
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Too good to be true?
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If you’d like to verify my qualms about this [...]

The Top 10 Golden Rules of safe Internet surfing

Are you a World Wide Web lurker? Ok, no offense meant. You are a light-saber wielding Internet wanderer. Better? Here are my personal guidelines so that you’ll be in a much safer zone when browsing the net.

Lose IE (Internet Explorer) and use Firefox, K-Meleon or Opera instead

Forget about unfixed bugs, worms, and unpatched holes. I [...]

Google Notebook in your Firefox sidebar: Cool!

From Wikipedia: “Google Notebook is a free service offered by Google that provides a simple way to save and organize clips of information when conducting research online. This personal browser tool permits a user to write notes, and to clip text, images, and links from pages during browsing. These are saved to an online “notebook” [...]

Darkhorse Firefox add-ons for 2008

Last year I named the top Firefox add-ons for 2007. This time around, I have accumulated several add-ons which I believe should have been included in that list but which I had not bumped into last year. Why darkhorse? Well most of them I did not notice at first glance, but whew! What a blunder. [...]

Make OpenOffice startup faster and disable splash screen

I personally use OpenOffice as my default desktop office suite compared to others like the bulky and bug-ridden Microsoft Office or the online processors like Zoho and Google Office (I like Online office suites, but they are severely limited). However, OpenOffice is an excellent office tool, but the start-up is truly a turtle crawl! Follow [...]

Best Torrent Clients of 2008

Here is an overview of the most popular file downloading software for torrent file sharing of 2008. I’ve included some of their features and what makes each client rock or suck. Personal experience may vary for each user, so my take on this maybe different from yours. However, my review of these clients may be [...]

Torrent tracker Demonoid out for good?

The popular BitTorrent tracker Demonoid has been taken offline again and this time it looks like the site is gone for good – hopefully not. A notice on the Demonoid homepage reads: “The CRIA threatened the company renting the servers to us, and because of this it is not possible to keep the site online. [...]